ICD-10-CM › R00-R99 › R70-R79 › R78 Findings of drugs and other... › R78.1
Finding of opiate drug in blood
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Finding of opiate drug in blood
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from R78 Findings of drugs and other substances, not normally found in blood
Excludes2 - not included here
- mental or behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19)
Use additional code
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Inherited from the R70-R79 section Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79)
Excludes2 - not included here
- abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (O28.-)
- abnormalities of lipids (E78.-)
- abnormalities of platelets and thrombocytes (D69.-)
- abnormalities of white blood cells classified elsewhere (D70-D72)
- coagulation hemorrhagic disorders (D65-D68)
- diagnostic abnormal findings classified elsewhere - see Alphabetical Index
- hemorrhagic and hematological disorders of newborn (P50-P61)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Raised
- Encounter > testing
- Elevated, elevation > GFR
- Test, tests, testing > blood-drug > positive
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > finding
- Test, tests, testing > blood-alcohol > positive
- Elevated, elevation > finding on laboratory examination
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > chemistry, blood > drugs
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > chemistry, blood > toxins
- Findings, abnormal, inconclusive, without diagnosis > in blood > opiate drug
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| R78.0 | Finding of alcohol in blood | Valid |
| R78.2 | Finding of cocaine in blood | Valid |
| R78.3 | Finding of hallucinogen in blood | Valid |
| R78.4 | Finding of other drugs of addictive potential in blood | Valid |
| R78.5 | Finding of other psychotropic drug in blood | Valid |
| R78.6 | Finding of steroid agent in blood | Valid |
| R78.7 | Finding of abnormal level of heavy metals in blood | Not billable |
| R78.8 | Finding of other specified substances, not normally found in blood | Not billable |
| R78.9 | Finding of unspecified substance, not normally found in blood | Valid |